Chelsea’s Premier League clash against Watford at Vicarage Road was halted for 32 minutes due to a medical emergency in the crowd.
The match was paused in the ninth minute and referee David Coote took both sets of players off the pitch shortly after as a fan received medical attention in the Graham Taylor stand.
After a lengthy delay, Watford confirmed the supporter – who had suffered cardiac arrest – had been stabilised by medical staff.
Both Watford and Chelsea’s medical teams are believed to have attended to the supporter, while pictures have emerged of Marcos Alonso helping the medical staff identify the fan in the crowd.
The teams were unwilling to continue until they were assured about the fan’s health and returned to the pitch for a brief warm-up after the supporter was taken to a nearby hospital.
Watford tweeted: ‘Our thoughts are with the fan – who had a cardiac arrest but has now been stabilised – and all those affected. Thank you to the medical staff, players and fans for their quick response.’
Chelsea, meanwhile, said: ‘The thoughts of everyone at Chelsea Football Club are with the fan and all those affected. Our thanks to the medical staff here at Vicarage Road for their quick response.’
In October, the Premier League game between Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur was halted as supporters administered CPR to a man who has suffered cardiac arrest.
A doctor who went to the aid of Newcastle fan Alan George Smith said afterwards: ‘It all happened so quickly.’
Dr Tom Prichard added on BBC Breakfast: ‘I was sat in the Gallowgate End and I could see that there was something going on.
‘Fans were calling over stewards and first-aiders and there was a lady doing CPR on someone. As an A&E doctor I went to offer a hand to see how I could help.’
Dr Prichard stressed the importance of early intervention and how the quick response may have saved the fan’s life.
‘I want to stress the importance of early CPR, early chest compressions and early defibrillation,’ he said.
‘That is what saved this man’s life, so if anyone in the public were to see this happen to someone, chest compression and CPR is what needs to happen immediately.’
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